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Get Access To All JobsWe are seeking a Supplier Quality Engineering to join our federal team at our Navy Systems plant in York, PA. This key role is responsible for providing day-to-day supplier quality engineering support within the Production Plant Facility. The incumbent will play an integral role in the monitoring, development, and improvement of JCNS strategic suppliers supporting the JCNS business performance objectives of on-time delivery performance, first pass yields and customer satisfaction.
At Johnson Controls, we support our nation’s most critical facilities, the people who occupy them, and the missions they enable. Johnson Controls Federal Systems (JCFS) is a specialized team serving as a trusted partner to the federal government. We help modernize U.S. military installations, Department of Defense and other federal agency facilities to be smarter, more resilient, efficient, sustainable, and secure.
Salary: Negotiable, based on experience and qualifications
Bonus: Yes
Benefits: Eligible for benefits on first day of employment
Vacation: 3 weeks of paid vacation, 5 sick days, 3 floating holidays, and 10 standard holidays per calendar year (6.5 weeks in total)
As a Supplier Quality Engineering you will:
- Provides quality technical support to production plant operations and to key suppliers.
- Works with customer service to address customer technical questions and issues.
- Facilitates, leads, and participates on commodity teams to address quality problems, focusing on supplier RCCA and continuous improvement.
- Facilitates, leads, and participates in plant scrap and rework reduction teams.
- Conducts supplier quality system audits.
- Evaluates and qualifies new potential suppliers. Uses APQP tools and methods to establish and maintain process control and delivery of finished product.
- Issues and manages supplier RCCA / corrective actions with suppliers, assuring resolution of quality issues in a timely manner.
- Assists in the development of procedures to support the Plant Operation Quality.
- Analyzes key supplier performance metrics for scrap and rework, first pass yield and supplier responsiveness.
- Communicates supplier performance and develops improvement plans as needed.
- Develops test and inspection plans used for the verification of manufactured and purchased components.
- Conducts quality systems training with suppliers as needed.
- Reviews and approves supplier first article inspection results and deviation requests.
- Reviews and understands design and quality system requirements to ensure suppliers are compliant to purchase orders.
- Works with Supply Chain to ensure all applicable JCNS and customer product quality and system requirements clauses are communicated to suppliers in purchase orders.
- Partners with Design and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure supplied products meet design intent and manufacturability and assembly needs.
- Participates in the ECN process and product team meetings to resolve quality issues.
- Conducts supplier source inspection as needed.
- Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry codes and standards.
- Adheres to the Company's code of Conduct and business Ethics standards.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Aerospace, Metallurgy / materials) or related discipline (preferred).
- 5 or more years of manufacturing experience in heavy industrial, automotive, aerospace, or metal machining, welding and fabrication.
- Proficient in Personal Computer capabilities in MS Office software, Minitab or other quality data analysis tools.
- Ability to travel 10% to partner, develop and improve strategic suppliers.
- Demonstrated ability to organize, facilitate and lead product quality, process and system improvement teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong QMS knowledge and experience with ISO 9000, TS 16949, or AS 9100.
- Strong understanding and use of Advanced Quality Planning Process Methods and Tools: D/PFMEA, Control Plan and PPAP / FAI.
- Demonstrated planning, problem solving / 8D Methodology / DMAIC, data analysis, GD&T, blueprint reading, organizing, interpersonal, and communication skills with proven leadership skills and decision making abilities.
- Knowledge of non-destructive inspection methods and applications preferred such as MT/PT/VT/ET/UT.
- Formal Lean and / or 6-Sigma training with significant demonstrated accomplishments.
Who We Are
The primary mission of Johnson Controls Navy Systems is to supply Chilled Water Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Systems and associated equipment to the US Navy and US Coast Guard. Johnson Controls Navy Systems is a part of the Johnson Controls Federal Systems business. Our robust, high reliability products are designed, manufactured and tested in York, PA to military and other stringent customer specifications. Most of our designs are custom engineered for the specific application.
If you’d like to learn more about who we are, what we do, and the systems and products we work with please check out our “Who we are” video on YouTube to learn more. (Around 2 minutes long)
Recently, Johnson Controls has been recognized by several organizations for leadership in Environment, Sustainability and Governance, as well as innovations in smart building platforms:
- Named to FORTUNE’s “Most Admired Companies” List
- Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
- Named to Forbes Net Zero Leaders list
- CDP 2023 Climate Change 'A List'
- Ranked 67 on the Drucker Institute’s list of best-managed companies in America
- Forbes Best Employers for Diversity
- Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity
- Ethisphere 2024 World's Most Ethical Companies list for the 17th time
- Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women in 2024
- Named to Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Veterans 2024 / 2025 listing
- Named to Forbes America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2024
- Named one of the top military friendly employers by military.com.
Johnson Controls is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/careers.
Division: JCFS (Johnson Controls Federal Systems)
Job Number: 1549
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We are seeking a Supplier Quality Engineering to join our federal team at our Navy Systems plant in York, PA. This key role is responsible for providing day-to-day supplier quality engineering support within the Production Plant Facility. The incumbent will play an integral role in the monitoring, development, and improvement of JCNS strategic suppliers supporting the JCNS business performance objectives of on-time delivery performance, first pass yields and customer satisfaction.
At Johnson Controls, we support our nation’s most critical facilities, the people who occupy them, and the missions they enable. Johnson Controls Federal Systems (JCFS) is a specialized team serving as a trusted partner to the federal government. We help modernize U.S. military installations, Department of Defense and other federal agency facilities to be smarter, more resilient, efficient, sustainable, and secure.
Salary: Negotiable, based on experience and qualifications
Bonus: Yes
Benefits: Eligible for benefits on first day of employment
Vacation: 3 weeks of paid vacation, 5 sick days, 3 floating holidays, and 10 standard holidays per calendar year (6.5 weeks in total)
As a Supplier Quality Engineering you will:
- Provides quality technical support to production plant operations and to key suppliers.
- Works with customer service to address customer technical questions and issues.
- Facilitates, leads, and participates on commodity teams to address quality problems, focusing on supplier RCCA and continuous improvement.
- Facilitates, leads, and participates in plant scrap and rework reduction teams.
- Conducts supplier quality system audits.
- Evaluates and qualifies new potential suppliers. Uses APQP tools and methods to establish and maintain process control and delivery of finished product.
- Issues and manages supplier RCCA / corrective actions with suppliers, assuring resolution of quality issues in a timely manner.
- Assists in the development of procedures to support the Plant Operation Quality.
- Analyzes key supplier performance metrics for scrap and rework, first pass yield and supplier responsiveness.
- Communicates supplier performance and develops improvement plans as needed.
- Develops test and inspection plans used for the verification of manufactured and purchased components.
- Conducts quality systems training with suppliers as needed.
- Reviews and approves supplier first article inspection results and deviation requests.
- Reviews and understands design and quality system requirements to ensure suppliers are compliant to purchase orders.
- Works with Supply Chain to ensure all applicable JCNS and customer product quality and system requirements clauses are communicated to suppliers in purchase orders.
- Partners with Design and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure supplied products meet design intent and manufacturability and assembly needs.
- Participates in the ECN process and product team meetings to resolve quality issues.
- Conducts supplier source inspection as needed.
- Maintains a working knowledge of government and industry codes and standards.
- Adheres to the Company's code of Conduct and business Ethics standards.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Aerospace, Metallurgy / materials) or related discipline (preferred).
- 5 or more years of manufacturing experience in heavy industrial, automotive, aerospace, or metal machining, welding and fabrication.
- Proficient in Personal Computer capabilities in MS Office software, Minitab or other quality data analysis tools.
- Ability to travel 10% to partner, develop and improve strategic suppliers.
- Demonstrated ability to organize, facilitate and lead product quality, process and system improvement teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong QMS knowledge and experience with ISO 9000, TS 16949, or AS 9100.
- Strong understanding and use of Advanced Quality Planning Process Methods and Tools: D/PFMEA, Control Plan and PPAP / FAI.
- Demonstrated planning, problem solving / 8D Methodology / DMAIC, data analysis, GD&T, blueprint reading, organizing, interpersonal, and communication skills with proven leadership skills and decision making abilities.
- Knowledge of non-destructive inspection methods and applications preferred such as MT/PT/VT/ET/UT.
- Formal Lean and / or 6-Sigma training with significant demonstrated accomplishments.
Who We Are
The primary mission of Johnson Controls Navy Systems is to supply Chilled Water Air Conditioning, Refrigeration Systems and associated equipment to the US Navy and US Coast Guard. Johnson Controls Navy Systems is a part of the Johnson Controls Federal Systems business. Our robust, high reliability products are designed, manufactured and tested in York, PA to military and other stringent customer specifications. Most of our designs are custom engineered for the specific application.
If you’d like to learn more about who we are, what we do, and the systems and products we work with please check out our “Who we are” video on YouTube to learn more. (Around 2 minutes long)
Recently, Johnson Controls has been recognized by several organizations for leadership in Environment, Sustainability and Governance, as well as innovations in smart building platforms:
- Named to FORTUNE’s “Most Admired Companies” List
- Corporate Knights Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
- Named to Forbes Net Zero Leaders list
- CDP 2023 Climate Change 'A List'
- Ranked 67 on the Drucker Institute’s list of best-managed companies in America
- Forbes Best Employers for Diversity
- Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity
- Ethisphere 2024 World's Most Ethical Companies list for the 17th time
- Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women in 2024
- Named to Newsweek America’s Greatest Workplaces for Veterans 2024 / 2025 listing
- Named to Forbes America’s Best Employers for Veterans 2024
- Named one of the top military friendly employers by military.com.
Johnson Controls is an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit www.johnsoncontrols.com/careers.
Division: JCFS (Johnson Controls Federal Systems)
Job Number: 1549
LI-JW2
LI-Onsite
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Supplier Quality Engineer
Document your quality credentials before applying
Gather ASQ certifications (CQE, CQA), ISO 9001 auditor credentials, and any Six Sigma or APQP records now. PERM requires your employer to prove your qualifications match the posted job description, so gaps between your resume and the role can stall the labor certification.
Target manufacturers enrolled in E-Verify
E-Verify enrollment is required for federal contractors and signals a company already manages compliance paperwork. Supplier quality roles at aerospace primes and Tier 1 automotive suppliers frequently appear in PERM filings, making these employers more likely to have an established green card process.
Search PERM-sponsoring employers using Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Supplier Quality Engineer roles by employers with active green card filing history. Targeting companies that have completed PERM for this occupation cuts your research time and avoids employers who list roles but haven't sponsored before.
Verify the prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Run your target job title and location through the OFLC Wage Search before your offer stage. Your employer's PERM filing must meet the DOL prevailing wage for your region and experience level, and a Level I wage designation can complicate the petition if your actual duties are senior-level.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility with your employer early
If your role requires only a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field, it typically qualifies for EB-3. A master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience in supplier quality can support an EB-2 filing, which matters for priority-date strategy in backlogged countries.
Request concurrent I-485 filing when your priority date allows
Once your employer files the I-140, check the monthly Visa Bulletin for your country and preference category. If your priority date is current, USCIS permits concurrent filing of the I-485 adjustment of status application, letting you obtain work authorization while the green card processes.
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Find Supplier Quality Engineer JobsSupplier Quality Engineer Green Card Sponsorship: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Supplier Quality Engineer jobs commonly qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Supplier Quality Engineer positions qualify for EB-3 sponsorship because the role typically requires a bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field. EB-2 is available when the position requires an advanced degree or when you can demonstrate a bachelor's degree plus at least five years of progressive, specialized experience in supplier quality management, auditing, or APQP processes.
How does the green card process differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B is a temporary status capped at 65,000 slots annually with a lottery, while EB-3 green card sponsorship has no annual lottery and leads to permanent residency. The tradeoff is time: the PERM labor certification process alone takes several months, followed by the I-140 petition and adjustment of status. For most countries, EB-3 priority dates are reasonably current, making the total timeline two to four years for many applicants.
What industries hire Supplier Quality Engineers and sponsor green cards most often?
Aerospace, automotive, medical devices, and industrial manufacturing are the heaviest sponsors. These industries operate under strict regulatory frameworks such as AS9100, IATF 16949, and FDA quality system regulations, which require dedicated supplier quality functions. Companies in these sectors have established PERM filing processes and regularly sponsor foreign professionals with quality engineering backgrounds.
How can I find Supplier Quality Engineer jobs where the employer will sponsor a green card?
Search for roles using Migrate Mate, which filters positions by employers with verified green card sponsorship history for this occupation. This saves you from applying to companies that list engineering roles but have never completed a PERM filing. You can also cross-reference DOL disclosure data to confirm an employer has sponsored Supplier Quality Engineers specifically, not just engineers generally.
Can my employer start the PERM process while I'm on an H-1B or another work visa?
Yes. PERM labor certification is employer-driven and can begin regardless of your current visa status. Many Supplier Quality Engineers initiate the green card process while on H-1B status, using the AC21 portability rule to protect their priority date if they change jobs after the I-140 is approved. USCIS allows this as long as the new role is in the same or a similar occupational classification.
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